Hydrocarbon-burner.



G. G. RAMSAY.

. HYDROCARBON BURNER.

" APPLICATION FILED sEP'rpzs, 1915.

4UNITED STATES GEORGE GLASSFORD RAMSAY.

PATENT onirica.A

OF SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK.

HYDBOCARBON-BURNER.

i To edle/:710m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. RAMsAY, of Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady and State of New York, have invented a cerv tain new and useful Improvement in Hydrocarbon-Burners, of which. improvement the following is a specilication.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, compact, and inexpensive appliance, of portable type, for vatomizing and effecting the combustion of hydrocarbon fuel, which may be readily connected to and detached from sources of fueland fluid pressure sup ply, and in the operation of which the combustion of the liquid may be effectively and economically maintained.

The improvement claimed is hereinafter fully'set forth.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 -is a side vieW,in elevation, of a hydrocarbon burner embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a longltudinal section, on an enlarged scale, through the atomizer casing', on the line 'of Fig. 3; Fig. 3, a similar section, on the line y 1/ of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, an outer end view; and, Fig. '5, a transverse section, on the line 'azofFigzZ In the practice of my invention, I provide a casing, 1, in which is formed a cylindrical swirl chamber, 2, 4the outer end of which is closed by a removable cap, 3, which is screwed into the swirl chamber, and is pro vided with a central discharge outlet, 3a. A hydrocarbon supply pipe, 4, and a fiuid pres.- sure supply pipe; 5, controlled by regulating valves, 4a and 5, respectively, are connected to the casing, 1, and open, respectively, into passages, 4.1 and 5b, formed therein. A.' hydrocarbon jet passage, 2, leadsfrom the passage, 4b, into the swirl chamber, 2, adjacent to the bottom thereof, said passage being located substantially tangentially to said chamber, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. A fiuid pressure jet nozzle, 6, is fitted detachably in the partition wall of the casing which separates the passages. 4J and 5b, said nozzle projecting into.,4 and being concentric with, the hydrocarbon jet passage, 2a. The nozzle, 6, is inserted and removed, as required;

through an opening in the wall of the casing,

1, which is closed by a screw p1ug,'6a.

Specification of Letters Patent.

In the operation of the appliance, the

valve, 5a, of the fiuid pressuresupply pipe is first opened, and a jet of steam or airl under pressure is passed through lthe swirl chamber. Igniting flame is then applied at the dischargel outlet, 3a, and the hydrocarbon Valve, 4a, is opened and adjusted to the degree of-combustion desired. The injection of hydrocarbon liquid and of steam or air under pressure, into the swirl chamber, in a` direction tangential thereto, imparts a rapid and rotary motion to the hydrocarbon within the chamber. and eiiects its thorough atomization therein, and its discharge from the outlet, 3a, in a highly infiammable spray or vapor, which, when ignited, is shielded from disturbance, by the surrounding flame bonnet, 7.

I claim as my `invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent: x

1. In a hydrocarbon burner, the combination of a casing having a cylindrical swirl chamber formed therein, a .detachable cap closing one end of said 'chamber and having a central dischargeA outlet, a hydrocarbon jet passage formed in the wall of said chamber adjacent to the end thereof farther from the cap and substantially tangential tothe chamber, afluid pressure jet nozzle fitted in said passage, hydrocarbon and fluid pressure supply pipes leading into the casing and communicating. respectively, with said passage and said nozzle. and valvesv independ-v ently controlling` said supply pipes.

2. In a hydrocarbon burneigrthe combinatjon of a casing having a cylindrical swirl l"chamber and two adjoining fluid supply passages formed therein, a detachable cap closing one end of said chamber and having a 'central discharge outlet, a hydrocarbon jet Patented Jan. 4, 1916.

Application led September 23, 1915. Serial No. 52,163.

passage formed in the wall of said chamber adjacent to the end thereof farther from the cap and substantially tangential to the chamber, a Huid pressure jet nozzle fitted detachf' ably in the-Wall separating the lud. supply passages and extending into the hydrocarbon jet passage eoncentrieallytherewith; a,

detaelfx'eble plug tted n `the weh of the casing coneentrieelly .with the hydrocarbon jet passage, supply pipes leading ntothe' casing 10 and Communicating with the supply passages thereof, and' valves independently control ling said supply pipes.

GEORGE GLASSFORD BAMSAY.

Witnesses:

EDWARD J. Apps, EDGAR lf. SGHAUBER. 

